Transport vessels for the cancelled British invasion of Île de France (1794) explained

In 1794, after the onset of the French Revolutionary Wars the British government contemplated an invasion of Île de France (Mauritius). To that end it detained at Portsmouth a large number of East Indiamen sailing for the British East India Company (EIC). The government cancelled the invasion and in May 1794 released the vessels it had detained. When it did so, it paid demurrage for having delayed the vessels' voyages to the Indies and China.^[1]

Vessel	Demurrage (Days)	Demurrage (£sd)
	72	£1,500
	71	£1,479 3s 4d
	9	£241 17s 6d
	72	£1,500
	71	£1,479 3s 4d
	71	£1,479 3s 4d
	72	£1,365 12s
	129	£3,440
	1	£18 19s 4d
	72	£1,500
	62	£1,291 13s 4d
	129	£2,687 10s
	62	£1,087 1s 4d
	72	£1,500
	42	£875
	22	£458 6s 8d
	71	£1,346 12s 8d
	71	£1,479 3s 4d
	22	£458 6s 8d
	129 days	£2,687 10s
	123	£2,562 10s
	62	£1,291 13s 4d
	123	£2,562 10s
	123	£2,562 10s
	22	£458 6s 8d
	22	£586 13s 4d
	22	£586 13s 4d
	72	£1,500 9d
	39	£812 10s
	71	£1,479 3s 4d
	22	£456 6s 8d
	129	£2,687 10s
	22	£456 6s 8d
	22	£456 6s 8d
	17	£456 17s 6d
	71	£1,908 2s 6d
	22	£417 5s 4d
	62	£1,666 5s

The British government finally invaded and captured Île de France (Mauritius) in 1810. This time the transport vessels the British government hired were mostly "country ships", vessels registered in ports of British India such as Bombay and Calcutta. It also hired a small number of EIC vessels that had already arrived at Madras or Calcutta.

See also: Transport vessels for the British invasions of Île Bourbon and Île de France (1810).

Notes and References

1. Asiatic Annual Register, Or, A View of the History of Hindustan, and of the Politics, Commerce and Literature of Asia (1807), Vol. 7, p.38.